Guardians beat Phillies 3‑1 behind Hoskins, Bazzana

PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — Rhys Hoskins doubled in the sixth and Travis Bazzana homered in the eighth to lift the Cleveland Guardians to a 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday at Citizens Bank Park before 37,808. Steven Kwan drove in the first run with a single in the fifth. Hoskins’ two-out double off Andrew Painter scored Chase DeLauter, giving Cleveland a two-run lead. Bazzana added a solo shot in the eighth, his third this season. Parker Messick (6-1) allowed five hits and struck out six over 5 2/3 innings. Cade Smith earned his 19th save with a perfect ninth. Hunter Gaddis and Colin Holderman combined for 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Painter (1-5) gave up six hits and two earned runs in 6 1/3 innings. Bryce Harper’s sacrifice fly in the seventh scored Philadelphia’s only run. Cleveland had nine hits, Philadelphia six. The Guardians improved to 32-23, while the Phillies fell to 26-27. The game lasted 2 hours, 31 minutes.